The Papers of Jefferson Davis

Volume 11 (September 1864-May 1865) Index -- Part 14: W - Z

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Wadley, William M., 311
Walker, David, 258
Walker, David S., 130, 184
Walker, Georgiana G.: on V. Davis, 571; mentioned, 598
Walker, Henry H.: operations ( Davis ), 530, 531, 532; L to, 532; L from, 540; mentioned, 501, 525, 527
Walker, James M. (ident., 508): Davis on, 504; Ls to, 530, 542
Walker, John C. (sketch, 30), 26, 31
Walker, John G. (sketch, 8:380), 143, 176, 433, ( Davis ), 72
Walker, LeRoy P. (sketch, 7:72), 595, 596
Walker, Norman S., 598
Walker, Reuben L. (sketch, 537), 534
Walker, Richard W., 488
Walker, Robert J. (sketch, 2:103), 433
Walker, Sarah (slave), 564
Walker, William H. T. (sketch, 64), 62
Wallace, Lewis (sketch, 10:518), 304
Waller, Jane Howell (sister-in-law) (sketch, 3:121), 561
Walter, Harvey W. (sketch, 2:186), 39, 49
Walter, Thomas U. (ident., 6:169): Davis on (1858), 592, 593; mentioned, 591
Walthall, Edward C. (sketch, 471): assignment, 370; on Tenn. campaign, 211-12; operations, 249; troop strength, 470
Ward, William N.: L from, 113-14
Ward, William T.: L from, 93-94
War Department: conscription, 137; cotton protection, 193, trade, 226, 237; estimates, 137, 159, 212, 403, 416, 429; expenses (1861-65), 409; employees, 216, 408; T. A. Harris contract, 4; judge advocate general bill, 181; organization, 196; railroad control, 311; reports on, 135-37, 408-10; secretary appointed, 351, 377; Trans-Miss., 339; L from clerks, 216. See also army; Breckinridge, John C.; Seddon, James A.
Warley, Alexander F., 144
Warren, Edward: criticized, 334; L from, 102-3
Warren, Gouverneur K. (sketch, 6:202), 498
Washington (slave), 514
Washington , Ark. , 107, 140, 179
Washington, D.C.: Capitol dome and extension (1850s), 588, 589-93; defenses, 145; Early's raid, 51, 63, 262; espionage, 195, 217; Post Office extension (1850s), 590, 591, 594; spies in, 340, 368; threatened, 53; Washington Aqueduct, 591
Washington, George: Davis compared to, 81
“Washington, George": L from, 160
Washington , Ga. : Davis in, 581; refugees in, 577
Washington Globe, 319
Water Witch ( U.S. sloop), 143
Watie, Stand (sketch, 9:133), 108
Watkins, George C. (sketch, 9:278), 258, 259
Watson, Baxter: L from, 100
Watson, John W. C.: L to, 433; mentioned, 39, 285, 485
Watts, Thomas H. (sketch, 8:313): calls for troops, 206; Davis and, 3, 81, 92, 512, on, 75; on Davis, 404, peace convention, 166; Ls to, 278, 432, 486, 496, 512; Ls from, 100, 226, 340, 404, 489, 511
Wayne, Henry C. (sketch, 6:95), 183, 184
Waynesboro , Va. , skirmish, vii
Webb, William G., 142
Weill, Abraham (sketch, 518), 514
Weill, Barbara (ident., 518)
Weldon Railroad. See Petersburg Railroad.
Wellborn’s Mills, Ga. : Davis camps near, xlvii
Welles, Gideon, 155
Wellford, Beverley R., 152
West, Douglas , 128
West, Frederick H., 165
Western & Atlantic Railroad, 15, 110, 146
West Indies , 600
Westmoreland County , Va. , defenses, 113
West Point , Ga. : Davis in, 71
Westport , Mo. , Battle of, 178
West Tennessee : CSA recruiting, 10, 152, 250; disaffection, 152; operations, 6, 179, 261
West Virginia , 214, ( Davis ), 164
Wharton, John A. (sketch, 10:147): assignment, 433, ( Davis ), 72; troop strength, 433
Wheaton , Frank, 205
Wheeler, Joseph (sketch, 9:30): Augusta defenses, 363; captured, 577, 582-83; criticized, 24, 57, 74, 252, 255, 325, 577; Davis and, 568, 576; defended, 297; Hampton and, 302, 362, 567, 576; on Davis' escape, 567, his activities (Nov.-Dec.), 221, Tenn. campaign, 212; operations, vi, 56, 144, 171, 184, 185, 187, 188, 190, 206-7, 219, 221, 242, 287, 293, 297, 326, 375, 377, 395, 397, 509, 523, 525, 526, 567, 576, (July 1864), 602; pay of troops, 327; recommended, 362; Saltville, 96; troop strength, 207, 209, 211, 293, 297, 526; mentioned, 96, 146, 179, 205, 241, 244, 329, 389, 391, 489
Wheeling , W.Va. , Intelligencer, 364
Wheless, John F.: Ls from, cited, 547, 575
Whig party, 357
Whipple, Amiel W. (sketch, 4:151), 593
Whitaker, Jared I.: Ls from, 99, 602-3; mentioned, 65
White, C. N., 346
White River , Ark. , 175
Whiting, Julian W., 113
Whiting, William H. C. (sketch, 7:58): assignments, 24, 118, (1861), 594; criticized, 24; Davis reprimands, 115; Fort Fisher, 121, 247; on cruisers, 227, navy policies, 114-15, Wilmington defenses, 5-6, 114, 121-22, 203, 328; Petersburg, 5; praised, 6, 156, 254-55; troop strength, 155, 203; L from, 121-22
Whitner, John C., 235
Whittle, ------, 102
Wickliffe, Robert, 129, 253
Wigfall, Charlotte C. (sketch, 517)
Wigfall, Francis H. (ident., 517)
Wigfall, Louis T. (sketch, 6:342): criticized, 301, 463; described, 467; flight from Richmond , 467, 517, 545; Johnston and, 264, 301, 422; on Davis , 262-63, strategy, 514; mentioned, 355, 517
Wigfall, Louise S. See Wright, Louise W.
Wilcox, Cadmus M. (sketch, 10:208), 499
Wild Rover (blockade-runner), 256
Wilkes, Benjamin: L from, 117
Wilkins, John H.: L from, 161
Wilkinson, Alfred C., 292
Wilkinson, John, 231
Wilkinson County , Miss. , 80, 104, 128, 585, ( Davis ), 150
Willcox, Orlando B., 364
William (servant), 21
William P. Clyde (steamer): Davises on, 582
Williams, John B., 151
Williams, John S. (sketch, 96): Saltville, 95-97; mentioned, 56, 570
Williams, William, 213
Williamsburg Road, Va. , 134
Willis, Edward (sketch, 518), 514, 518
Willson, Victor, 150
Wilmington , Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad, 543
Wilmington, N.C.: Beauregard on, 155; blockade, 157, 239, 258, (Davis), 226, 227-28; commander, 24, 154, 159, 171, (Davis), 105, 218; conditions, 156; cotton trade, 160, 182, 196, 212, 215, 398; customs operations, 36, 489; defenses, 5-6, 24, 105, 115, 118, 132, 153-54, 160-61, 203, 231, 235, 243, 372, 394, (Davis), 11, 20, 116, 174, 183, 227-29, 242, 328; effects of loss, 351; habeas corpus (Davis), 151; morale, 397; slaves, 235, 394; threatened, 114, 121-22, 156, 242, 252, 258, 298, 302, 341, 411, (Davis), 105, 240; yellow fever, 155. See also Fort Fisher , N.C.
Wilmington North Carolinian, 369
Wilson, Andrew, 239
Wilson, James H.: Davis and, 582, 584-85; operations, 135, 289, 452, 515, 579, 580; on Selma capture, 515; troop strength, 211; mentioned, 548
Winchester , George (sketch, 2:122), 587
Winder, John H. (sketch, 1:94): criticized, 354; on Ga. troops, 127, S.C. prison site, 168; mentioned, 16, 282
“Winnie" (nickname for Varina Howell Davis and, later, Varina Anne Davis)
Winslow, Edward F., 178, 179
Wintersmith, Richard C., 234
Wisconsin troops: 1st Cavalry, 578
Wise, Henry A. (sketch, 6:55 ), 522
Wise, John S., 511, 521, 527
Witcher, Vinson A., 99
Withers, Robert E., 527
Witherspoon, James H., 299, 309
Wofford, William T. (sketch, 456): assignment, 456, (Davis), 347, 454, 512, 525; Davis and, 347, 456; operations, 456, 502, (Davis), 526; praised, 456; troop strength, 456, 528; L to, 512; L from, 347
women: abuse of, 11, 128, 244, 574; as nurses, 76; CSA employees, 8, 42, 112, 157, 216, 260, 477, services, 212, 397; Davis on, 76, 84, 86-87, 386, praises, 58, 61, 75, 79; farm work, 112, 114, 127; military service, 113, 161, 388-89; prison relief, 431-32; soldiers' aid, 36; spies, 195; textile workers, 412; Ls to, 158, 483-84, 588; Ls from, 19, 36, 42, 102, 112-13, 117, 123-24, 127, 132, 157, 158, 159, 174, 214, 242, 244, 338, 343-44, 346-47, 395-96, 397, 447-48, 477, 585, 600-601
Wood, Benjamin, 433
Wood, John Taylor (sketch, 8:190): Davis and, 229, 528, 584; on cruisers, 233; recommended, 390; report by, 143; Tallahassee captain, 231; L from, 353; mentioned, 507, 527, 541, 570, 582
Woodbridge , George: L from, 392
Woodville , Miss. , 128, 585
Wright, Ambrose R. (sketch, 10:579): assignment ( Davis ), 183; operations, 183, 377, 390, 397; L to, 183; L from, 182-83; mentioned, 165, 542
Wright, Louise W. (ident., 517)

Yandell, David W., 99, 153
Yarrington, Lizzie P.: L from, 42
Yazoo River obstructions (1863), 598
yellow fever, 115, 155, 217
Yellow Tavern, Va. , 23
Yorkville , S.C. : Davis travels through, 568
Young, Bennett H., 34
Young, Pierce M. B. (sketch, 204): assignments, 203, 302, 303, 329, 362, ( Davis ), 330; recommended, 192, 357
Young, William H.: L from, 333; mentioned, 4
Yulee, David L. (sketch, 4:7): CSA wagon train and, 578; L from, 124-25

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